Quick Definition
barren
Strong's Definition
"sterile"
Derivation: a contraction from G4731 (στερεός) (as stiff and unnatural);
KJV Usage: barren
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στεῖρος, στεῖρα, στειρον (equivalent to στερρός, στερεός which see; whence German starr, Latinsterilis), hard, stiff; of men and animals, barren: of a woman who does not conceive, Luk_1:7; Luk_1:36; Luk_23:29; Gal_4:27. (Homer, Theocritus, the Orphica, Anthol.; the Sept. for ςΘχΘψ ςΒχΘψΘδ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στεῖρα steira 5x
barren, incapable of bearing children, Luk_1:7 ; Luk_1:36 ; Luk_23:29 ; Gal_4:27 ; Heb_11:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στεῖρος , -ον ,
also -α , -ον ,
[in LXX for H6135 ;]
barren: of a woman, Luk_1:7 ; Luk_1:36 ; Luk_23:29 , Gal_4:27 ( LXX ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στεῖρος [page 587]
barren, of a childless woman in Luk_1:7 al. : for the form see Moulton Gr. ii. pp. 118, 157 f. Στεῖρα , i.e. * στερι̰α , persists unchanged in MGr : see further Boisacq p. 906 f.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
στεῖρος, -ον also -α, -ον,
[in LXX for עָקָר ;]
barren: of a woman, Luk.1:7, 36 23:29, Gal.4:27" (LXX) .†
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